WVNano envisions a comprehensive effort to not only enhance formal education, but also to build a diverse workforce in STEM fields by increasing technically competent graduates from the state's colleges, universities and community colleges. WVNano strives to provide opportunities for integrating students’ educational experiences across diverse areas including microfabrication, electromagnetics, nanotechnology, pharmacology, microfluidics, biometrics, physics, and chemistry.  WVNano initiates, partners with, builds upon, and extends other NSF-funded education and outreach projects and University-supported initiatives.

See the following links or the side menu for information on our education and outreach programs:

• Nanotechnology courses at WVU

• Department of Physics Learning Assistant Program

• WVU High Performance Computing Summer Institute 2012

• Graduate Education - fellowships at WVU and other opportunities
• Undergraduate Research - opportunities at WVU and a list of opportunities and scholarships elsewhere
• Teacher Research Experience for the Advancement of Knowledge (TREK)
• WVU Summer Science Camp
• Nanoscience outreach to the local community

Education Goals:

1. to help STEM students make the transition from studying the sciences as isolated fields to developing knowledge and skills that enable them to thrive in an interdisciplinary research environment
2. to better integrate research and education
3. to transform academic culture in order to increase retention and graduation rates of STEM students
4. to reach out to recruit promising students, including under-represented (UREP) minorities, women, persons with disabilities, the economically disadvantaged, and first generation college students
5. to introduce students to innovative research through custom laboratories and train them on state-of-the art equipment

Outreach Goals:

1. increase overall awareness of the WVNano Initiative to foster avenues for collaboration with peers at other institutions both nationally and internationally; enhance research funding efforts
2. increase diversity among WVNano faculty, students, and post docs in STEM disciplines.
3. increase the awareness of the importance of STEM education at the K-12 level
4. increase the awareness of  WVNano programs to create a larger pool of quality students for the programs, particularly minority students and under-represented groups
5. increase the awareness and usage of the WVU Shared Facilities and WVU High Performance Computing facilities